A father in quarantine on a Marine base in California was able to attend his daughter’s wedding hundreds of kilometers away in Arizona. He did so through a “telepresence robot,” directing its movements, mingling with guests and watching from the sidelines as his daughter danced at the wedding party. With …
your ad hereSouth Sudan Vaccination Drive Tackles Measles Outbreak
With the coronavirus pandemic alarming the global community, South Sudan is grappling with another potentially fatal viral infection: measles. Last year, more than 4,700 people were affected due to low immunization coverage. Chika Oduah reports from the South Sudan capital, Juba. …
your ad hereMassachusetts Boosts Testing; 2nd Connecticut Resident Dies
Massachusetts State officials are promising a significant increase in Massachusetts’ capacity to test for the coronavirus. Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said Thursday the state aims to administer 3,500 tests a day by the beginning of next week. Gov. Charlie Baker has said expanding coronavirus …
your ad hereMovie Theaters Request Stimulus From Congress Due to Virus
Faced with a lengthy shutdown due the coronavirus pandemic, movie theaters are requesting relief from the U.S. government. The National Association of Theater Owners, the trade group that represents most of the industry’s cinemas, said Wednesday that it’s asking for immediate federal help for its chains and its 150,000 …
your ad hereEU Urges Streaming Services to Curb High-Def During COVID Lockdown
The European Union is calling on video streaming services to limit providing programs in high-definition to avert an internet crash that could be triggered by extremely heavy usage because of the coronavirus pandemic. European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton tweeted late Wednesday that he had spoken with Netflix …
your ad hereWorld Depends on China for Face Masks But Can Country Deliver?
Phones have been ringing off the hook lately for Brian Edwards, a sales manager of a small medical supply company in California. And he has to say “No” to all the people who called.Edwards used to buy tens of thousands of facemasks from China. But not in the past three …
your ad hereAmid Challenges, South Sudan Vaccination Drive Tackles Measles
Shejirina Moni sits beside her children in front of their makeshift home in a shanty community in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Six of her children have died of various illnesses. She’s got three left.“The first one died at nine months. Another one died at the age of 10 months. Another …
your ad hereFlame Arrival Faces Calls for Tokyo Olympics be Delayed
The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The flame will touch down Friday aboard a white …
your ad hereApps Educate, Entertain During COVID-19 School Closures
School closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic are creating stress for many parents trying to teach and entertain their children at home. While many online educational options provide help, some parents worry about too much screen time while their kids are away from school. General view of a sign outside the …
your ad hereApps Educate, Entertain During COVID School Closures
School closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic mean many parents are trying to come up with ways to educate and entertain their children at home. While there are many online options, some parents worry about too much screen time. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee has the details on a couple of applications that combine the physical …
your ad hereAstronaut Al Worden of Apollo 15 Dies at 88
One of the few Americans to see the moon close up has died. Astronaut Al Worden, who flew around the moon as part of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, died in his sleep, his family said Wednesday. He was 88. Worden was a U.S. Air Force colonel when he joined NASA in 1966, getting his chance to fly to …
your ad hereTechies, Non-Techies Explore Mindfulness Amid Virus Fears
Technology and spirituality normally don’t go together. But at a recent conference in San Francisco there were tips on how to use technology to achieve more inner peace. Deana Mitchell went to see if it was possible. …
your ad hereClean Water Access for India’s Poor Spawns Virus Concerns
Dharam Singh Rajput can’t afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his community. The Rajput family could opt for something more basic — soap and water — to achieve hand hygiene. But sometimes there is no clean running water in their neighborhood, …
your ad hereVirus Redefines Respecting Personal Space
Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture.But a new virus has rapidly redefined the concept of respecting personal space for tactile Italians, as well as for South …
your ad hereTikTok Reveals 1st Members of New US Content-moderation Committee
Chinese social video app TikTok named the initial members of a U.S.-focused content moderation committee to advise on its policies on Wednesday, as it faces U.S. scrutiny over data-sharing and censorship concerns.The council, which it announced in October, will meet every few months to give “unvarnished views” and advice on …
your ad hereHow Techies, Non-Techies Are Doing Mindfulness Amid Virus Fears
Technology and spirituality normally don’t go together. But at a recent conference in San Francisco there were tips on how to use technology to achieve more inner peace. Deana Mitchell went to see if it was possible. …
your ad hereUEFA Agrees to Delay Its Flagship Euro 2020 Competition For One Year
After months of bickering over new competitions, talks of closed super leagues and complaints of greed by elite clubs, football’s leaders have buried their differences to tackle the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. On Tuesday, UEFA agreed to delay its flagship Euro 2020 competition for one year to allow …
your ad hereCoronavirus Forces Cancellation of Popular Glastonbury Music Festival
The organizers of Britain’s Glastonbury music festival have canceled the celebrated event, adding to the growing list of large entertainment and sporting events that have been forced to cancel or postpone because of the coronavirus.“Clearly this was not a course of action we hoped to take for our 50th anniversary …
your ad hereMangrove Forests Protect Miami From Rising Tides
It’s a sunny day in Miami, Florida with no chance of rain. But according to environmental scientist Margarita Kruyff, even on days like this, low-lying coastal communities like Miami and nearby Miami Beach may experience periodic flooding because of the porous bedrock underground that leaks water.“On the roads it means …
your ad hereBalkans Fights Virus Amid Lack of Doctors, Medical Supplies
The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t. With its rundown facade, peeling walls and rooms crammed with metal beds, the downtown Belgrade clinic for infectious diseases has for decades been a symbol of Serbia’s depleted health system that now has …
your ad hereAt a Silicon Valley Conference, Techies and Non Techies Try Out Mindfulness
Technology and spirituality normally don’t go together. But at a recent conference in San Francisco there were tips on how to use technology to achieve more inner peace. Deana Mitchell went to see if it was possible. …
your ad hereUS Bible Museum’s ‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ Found to be Fake
One of the supposedly most valuable exhibits at the Museum of the Bible in Washington has turned out to be fake. Experts have determined that 16 waxy yellow fragments said to be remnants of the Dead Sea Scrolls are not part of an ancient Hebrew Bible, but rather forgeries. The real ancient scrolls were first found in 1947 in Qumran caves near the Dead Sea shore. They are …
your ad hereHow Will NCAA Recoup Millions from Lost Tournament?
The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through the 2032 tournament.The cornonavirus not only wiped out the games, but it will create some unexpected …
your ad hereThe Rolling Stones Postpone Tour Due to Coronavirus
The Rolling Stones are postponing its 15-city North American tour because of the growing coronavirus outbreak.The band announced Tuesday that its No Filter Tour, originally expected to kick off in San Diego on May 8, is postponed. The band’s tour was also planned to visit some North American cities they …
your ad hereTo Keep Seniors Safe at Home, Medicare Expands Telemedicine
Medicare said Tuesday it will immediately expand coverage for telemedicine nationwide to help seniors with health problems stay home to avoid the coronavirus. The new option will allow millions of older people to take care of ongoing medical problems as well as new concerns, while heeding public health advice to stay …
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